Please tell me if anyone else has this or what I can do about it, if there is anything I can do to feel better! It is a huge problem for me!

I have an extreme phobia of uninvited people coming into my apartment, such as apartment management, inspectors, and service/maintenance/repair people. I am not a recluse, I have friends and am social, but I do struggle with agoraphobia, being in public, public crowds, and certain social situations. I'm a very private person. Whenever I get a notice of entry I absolutely panic, I can't sleep, I get very angry, feel violated, powerless and out of control and exposed. I go around my apartment and clean and hide things from plain sight. When the people come in I am severely uncomfortable, I feel vulnerable and paranoid and invaded. I am impatient for them to leave and rush them out as fast as possible and can barely contain my anxiety.

Today I got a notice that people might be coming in anytime between 8am and 6pm every day for the next SIX DAYS!!!! What in the world am I going to do, how will I cope?! If you know anything that might help, or if you have felt this way, please please share! Thanks for reading this!

Short of not being there and leaving a trusted friend there, i really dont have any answers.

Have you ever considered getting counselling or treatment to assist with your problems because you really do deserve far better than to be troubled like this Do you know when your problems first started?

All I can add is to say maybe you could have a family member or friend with you during these times. If you can't, and not to be simplistic, just try to just be aware of your breath, in and out, in and out, to calm yourself as much as possible. It's our built-in mechanism which really works to help with anxiety.

Can you pinpoint when this problem started? That may help clarify why you feel as you do. I believe it's usually a traumatic event in our lives that cause a problem to start.